need help picking a uni course

I'm in year 12 going to year 13 and i feel like i haven't solidified my choice for university. I've known a lot about medicine and i feel like its one that has been pushed on to me quite heavily but i just don't know if i want a job that i will take home and has a bad work life balance, but as a first gen in the UK its important for me to use all of my opportunities to access a great job but reading more into what it is to be a doctor and with my work exercise I've been thinking that though the job is fulfilling i don't know if i want a job that will be life long. I've also thought about pharmacy this has a good salary range and work life balance but the job availability seems to be quite difficult to understand as there are many different places to work. i've lastly been thinking about optometry but over spoken to some people about this option but have been told that its repetitive and have been advised that if i'm so interested i should become a doctor and then specialise as an ophthalmologist.

Overall for me im looking for a job with good : with good work life balance , good salary , job availability. If anyone has any recommendations please lmk :>

(ps. i do chem , phys, comp sci )

Reply 1

maryvisha24

Original post by pdawg68

I'm in year 12 going to year 13 and i feel like i haven't solidified my choice for university. I've known a lot about medicine and i feel like its one that has been pushed on to me quite heavily but i just don't know if i want a job that i will take home and has a bad work life balance, but as a first gen in the UK its important for me to use all of my opportunities to access a great job but reading more into what it is to be a doctor and with my work exercise I've been thinking that though the job is fulfilling i don't know if i want a job that will be life long. I've also thought about pharmacy this has a good salary range and work life balance but the job availability seems to be quite difficult to understand as there are many different places to work. i've lastly been thinking about optometry but over spoken to some people about this option but have been told that its repetitive and have been advised that if i'm so interested i should become a doctor and then specialise as an ophthalmologist.
Overall for me im looking for a job with good : with good work life balance , good salary , job availability. If anyone has any recommendations please lmk :>
(ps. i do chem , phys, comp sci )

Have you thought about medicine related modules? for example Human biology, pharmacology or biomedicine

Reply 2

beefreya

Nowadays, there are usually so many different ways to get into a certain career path. For examples one of the trainee lawyers at my dad's law firm did psychology and has no formal law education. It's much less solidified than it was.
I'm starting psychology at uni in September, and to be honest, I have barely any idea of what I want to do. Nobody does, at your stage I wanted to do linguistics or French, you will change your mind, but whatever degree you can choose you can always find a good job if you work hard and try to make connections in your last year of uni, through internships or seminars, or simply by emailing companies saying what you're interested in doing.
My advice is to just choose a subject that interests you, and research career opportunities if that's something really important to you, as it sounds like it is.
You've chosen some really hard A-Levels, and so with those I'm sure you can find a degree with well - paying and fulfilling career opportunities!
As well, if you're school has one, speak to you careers advisor!